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زانک داند کین جهان کاشتن ** هست بهر محشر و برداشتن
- Because he knows that this world of sowing is for the sake of the (Last) Congregation and (for the sake of) gathering in (the harvest).
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هیچ عقدی بهر عین خود نبود ** بلک از بهر مقام ربح و سود 2990
- No contract (of sale) was (ever made) for the sake of itself; nay, but for the sake of (being in) the position of (making) gain and profit.
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هیچ نبود منکری گر بنگری ** منکری‌اش بهر عین منکری
- There is no disbeliever, if you look (carefully), whose disbelief is for the sake of the disbelief itself;
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بل برای قهر خصم اندر حسد ** یا فزونی جستن و اظهار خود
- Nay, but (it is) for the purpose of subduing his adversary in envy (of him), or seeking superiority and self-display.
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وآن فزونی هم پی طمع دگر ** بی‌معانی چاشنی ندهد صور
- And that superiority too is for the sake of some other desire: the forms give no relish without the essential meanings.
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زان همی‌پرسی چرا این می‌کنی ** که صور زیتست و معنی روشنی
- You ask “Why art thou doing this?” because the forms are (as) the oil, and the essential meaning is (as) the light.
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ورنه این گفتن چرا از بهر چیست ** چونک صورت بهر عین صورتیست 2995
- Otherwise, wherefore is this saying “why”?—since (hypothetically) the form is for the sake of the form itself.
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این چرا گفتن سال از فایده‌ست ** جز برای این چرا گفتن بدست
- This saying “why” is a question concerning the use (reason): it is bad to say “why” for any cause but this.
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از چه رو فایده‌ی جویی ای امین ** چون بود فایده این خود همین
- Wherefore, O trusty one, should you desire (to know) the use (reason)?—since (hypothetically) the use of this (form) is only this (form itself).
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پس نقوش آسمان و اهل زمین ** نیست حکمت کان بود بهر همین
- Hence it is not (in accordance with) wisdom that the forms of heaven and (those of) the people of the earth should be (created) for this only.